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The
Young Citizens' Action Agenda is a campaign led by the Institute for
Citizenship to give young citizens the voice and skills to produce
solutions for the 21st Century. The campaign, which is supported by the
BBC, BT, Mentorn Media (Question Time Producers), City of London
Corporation, GLA, Parliamentary Education Service, Steljes Technology
and The Evening Standard, aims to provide young citizens with the
information and skills they need to face the challenges of the 21st
Century.
The Young Citizens' Action Agenda launched with the Young Citizens' Action Event hosted by Huw Edwards (BBC News) at Central Hall, Westminster on Thursday 10th July 2008 for 1,400 14-19 year olds. In the evening the audience stayed on for a very special edition of Question Time hosted by David Dimbleby, which was produced by 8 student producers who won the Schools Question Time Challenge (supported by the BBC, the Institute for Citizenship and BT). The broadcast was watched by over 2.6 million viewers on BBC ONE.
After the Young Citizens' Action Event, the Institute for Citizenship created two Young Citizens Panels, one for London and one for the whole of the UK. These panels used the information from the Young Citizens' Say Survey (provided by the audience and online respondents) and the ideas from the Action Event to create two Young Citizens' Action Agendas - for The UK and London. The UK Action Agenda was presented to the Prime Minister in Dec 2008 and the London Action Agenda is being presented to the Mayor of London in February 2009. For more information please see the relevant sections of this website.
